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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WALTER A. TBATSCH, OF QHIOAGO, ILLINOIS.

AMUSEMENT DEVICE.

Application filed March 14, 1927. Serial No. 175,184.

This invention relates to amusement devices and more particularly to coin con-.

ple in operation and more eflicient in use than those heretofore proposed.

\Vith these and other objects in view the invention consists in the novel details of conin struction and arrangements of parts as Wlll be more fully hereinafter disclosed and particularly pointed out in the claims.

a Referring to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification in which like numeralsdesignate like parts in all the views;

Fig. 1 is a vertical sectional view taken longitudinally through an amusement device provided with this invention;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a detail of the actuating rod employed to set the targets as well as to actuate a register or counting mechanism;

Fig. 3 is a rear elevational view, partly in section, of the target construction forming the subject matter of this invention;

Fig. 4 is a partial horizontal sectional view illustrating the slide adapted to release marksmanship medals used in connection with this invention;

Fig. 5 is a horizontal sectional view similar to Fig. 4 with the parts in a diflerent position;

Fig. 6 is a vertical sectional View taken as on the line 6 6 of Fig. 4 and looking in the. direction of the arrows;

Fig. 7 is a vertical sectional view taken as on the line 7--7 of Fig. 5 and looking in the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 8 is a partial rear elevational view, partly in section, of some of the targets involved in this invention;

Fig. 9 is a perspective-detail view of the slide employed in connection with the discharge of marksmanship medals, illustrated in Figs. 4 to 8 inclusive; p

Fig. 10 is a front elevational view of the targets toward which the balls may be fired;

Fig. 11 is a vertical sectional view through a target taken as on the line 1l11 of Fig. 3 and looking in the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 12 is a view similar to Fig. 11 but taken as on the line 1212 of Fig. 3 and showing thetarget in a different position;

Fig. 13 is a horizontal detail sectional vlew taken as on the line 13-13 of Fig. 11 and looking in the direction of the arrows; and

Fig. 14 is a detail vertical sectional view of one of the target flags illustrated in Figs. 11 and 12 in a difierent position from that shown in Said figures.

In order that this invention may be the better understood it is said that there was issued to WValter A. Tratsch the United States Patent #1,55 1,858, dated September 1, 1925, and entitled Amusement device in which there was disclosed a miniature shoot- Y ing gallery provided with a targetgenerally indicated by the numeral 3, and a pistol generally indicated by the numeral 10 forming the subject matter of said patent. The pistol disclosed in said patent was provided with a coin receiving slot, an operating slide adapted to force a coin of requisite size past a locking lever whereby the actuating parts of the pistol would be placed in operative position so that balls could be successively fired from the pistol toward said target. The pistol was universally mounted by the provision of suitable pivots to pron vide for vertical and horizontal movement of said pistol to cover the range of the target. /Vith particular reference to Figs. 3 and 7 of said patent and the specification thereof it will be observed that the actuat-' ing slide 70 of said pistol is provided with a pin 81 rigid therewith connected to one I end of a lever 82 adapted to actuate, on the full stroke thereof, the counting mechanism generally indicated by the numeral 83.

In the amusement device now to be disclosed there is provided a pistol 10 substantially a duplicate in all its parts of the pistol disclosed in said patent and mounted just as was the patented pistol in a cabinet 1 of substantially thesame general construction as. the cabinet disclosed in said patent. However, the actuating lever 82 used in connection with this invention and corresponding to the similar actuating lever I of said patent does notdirectly operate the counting mechanism, but one end 88 thereof does extend out of said pistol just as did the corresponding end of the same lever disclosed in said patent. Stated in still otherlanguage, the cabinet inclosing the invention forming the subject matter of this bottom 7 immediately, below the end of the actuating lever 82 and to this false bottom is secured a suitable guide bracket 8 through which passes an actuatingrod 12 having secured thereto at the pistol end a casting 13 provided with a concave spherical surface 14 with which the end 88 of the actuating lever 82 of the pistol 1O coacts/ In other Words, the pistol 10, as hereinbefore stated, is mounted exactly as was the pistol of the patent referred to, for both a vertical and a horizontal movement, and therefore the spherical surface 14 is provided so that the end 88 ,of the pistolactuating lever 82 may bear the same relation to the actuating rod 12 no matter what position the pistol 10 assumes. Thus it will be seen that when the actuating slide, (not shown in the drawings, but with which the pistol is provided) is actuated, the lever 82 will be moved forwardly and the end 88 thereof, bearing against the surface 14 of the casting 13, will move the latter likewise forwardly oraway from the pistol.

The other end of the actuating rod 12 is provided with a vertical plate 16 adapted to move in a slot 17 of a guide bracket 18 secured "to the cabinet in any suitable manner. The upper and extreme end portion of the plate 16 is provided with a bevel surface 19 for a purpose presently to be disclosed, and said plate .is further provided with a diagonal slot 20 adapted to receive a pin 21 carried by the crank 22 adapted to actuate the counter mechanism generally indicated 7 by the numeral 25 and of any well known type. With particularreference to Fig. 1 it will thus be seen that when the actuating lever 82 of the pistol is moved forwardly, the actuating rod 12 will likewise be moved forwardly or to the leftas seen in said figure whereupon the plate 16 will be so moved in the slot 17 of the bracket 18 that the diagonal slot 20 provided in said plate will cause 7 the pin- 21 to move upwardly and partially turn the crank 22 to actuate the counting device 25. Stated in other words, each time a coin is inserted in the pistol 10 and the actuating slide moved to set the parts of the pistol in operative position the counting mechanism 25 will be actuated to register the coin just inserted in the pistol all as will be readily understood. To insure the return of the actuating rod12 there is provided a helical spring 26 one end of which is secured to the guide bracket 8 and the other end of which is fastened to the plate 16 to pull the latter backwardly or to the right as seen in Fig. lwhen permitted todo so by other suitable substance.

neeaeoe 31, one for each target of which there may be as many as desired, five being shown in the drawings. Above each target aperture 31 is an aperture 32 through which may be seen, by the operator of the device, any suitable indicator or flag 33 which is adapted to drop-into registry with its particular aperture 32 when the target therebelow has been hit by ,a fired ball. There will of course be as many apertures 32 as there are apertures 31 and there will be as many flags 33 as there as indicator apertures 32. In this connection it might further be statedthat each flag 33 will be of a diiferent and distinguishing color to make the amusement device more attractive. The target plate 30 is rigidly secured, as by the screws 34, to the cabinet 1 and is positioned in substantially a vertical plane so'that the balls fired may strike as perpendicularly as possible the targets behind the plate 30.

lVith particular reference to Fig. 3 it will be seen that to the lowermost edge portion of the plate 30 and on the rear side thereof there is secured as at 36 a bar 37 to which is secured the plurality of targets. That is to say, to this bar there is secured in spaced relation as at 38 one end of a flat spring member 39 to which is secured as at 40 a target 41 so that said target is concentrically disposed with reference to its aperture 31 in the plate 30, the target 41 being of substantially the same thickness as the bar 37 adapted to support the same. Each target 41 is secured at about the mid-point of its spring member 39, and to the free end of each spring member there is secured a pin 42 adapted to extend therefrom toward the plate 30. The purpose of each pin 42 is to contact with the bottom edge portion 43 of a coacting member 44 adapted to slide between a pair of guides 46 provided therefor as clearly shown in Fi 3, said guides being secured as by the rivets 47 to the plate 30. Each member 44 carries an aforementioned indicator or flag, on the face thereof contacting with the plate 30, and which may comprise a circular recess provided with a coloration indicated. by the numeral 50, said coloration being of paint, enamel, or any When a member 44 is in its uppermost raised position as seen in Fig. 11, the lowermost edge 43 thereof will be supported by the pin 42 of its associated target spring member 39, but when I carried thereby will so that the pin 42 e moved a sufiicient distance, for the moment, to permit the flag slide member 44 cooperating therewith to drop in its guides, this movement being augmented by a coil spring 54 interposed between a post 55 carried by and disposed near the upper extremity of the flag member 44, and a post 56 passing through the target spring 39 and supported by the cross bar 37 and its supporting plate 30, see Fig. 12. Thus it will be observed that the spring member 39 is prevented from a turning movement about its rivet 36 by the post 56.

member 39 i rearwardlg 'The downward movement of a flag slide 44 is stopped when the pin 55 carried by said member comes in contact with the upper edge portion of a cross bar 58supported as at 59 to the outermost guides 46 for the flag members 44, see Fig. 14. When said post 55 is in contact with said'bar 58, the colored flag 33 associated therewith, will be in full and concentric registration with the particular aperture 32 provided therefor, as clearly indicated in said figure.

It is to be observed from the figures of the drawin that the target apertures 31 are of varying sizes, the largest exposing a target surface, which would be easier to hit with a fired ball, than the target surfaceexposed by the smaller of the target apertures, see Fig. 10. Thus by this invention there is provided What may be said to be a gradation of targets, the smallest of which would require much more skill to strike than would a larger target. In this connection, how ever, it is to be understood that all of the targets 41 are of the same size, but by having the apertures 31 in front of each target of diminishing sizes, the effect is had of providing targets of different sizes. The targets, if desired, could be made of metal of various thicknesses andv so mounted as to cause a distinct ring or sound when struck by a fired ball, but for clearness in the drawings they have all been shown as disks of the same shape and dimensions.

This improved target is automatically set before the pistol 10 can be operated for fir ing balls, said setting being accomplished in the following manner. There is provided a T-bar comprising the vertical portion 60 at the upper extremity of which is rigidly secured the head 61, the vertical portion being provided with two slots 62 and 63 each to receive in sliding engagement therewith a pin carried by the spacing posts 64 and 65 supported by a guide 46 and the cross bar 37 respectively. The T-bar is held in any suitable manner on the pins, such as by the provision of washers 66 maintained in place as by cotter pins 67 see Fig. 3. The parts are so dimensioned that the T-bar 60 is free to slide in a vertical direction within the limits governed by the slots 62 and 63.

The lower extremity 68 of the T-bar is adapted to contact with the inclined surface 19 of the plate 16 of the actuating rod 12 when the latter is moved by the lever 82 of head of the T-bar formed by the cross member 61 will come in contact with the pins *55 of each of the target flags 33 that are in lowered or visible position, and raise the members 44 associated therewith through such a distance as will permit the pin 42 carried by the cooperating target spring member 39 to slip into place under the lowermost edge 43 of said flag members 44. The slots 62 and 63 in the T-bar are of sufficient length to permit the desired vertical movement to set the target After this is accomplished, the actuating rod 12 is returned to its normal position as shown in Fig. 1 by action of the spring 26 and the associated parts of the pistol. The pistol is then ready for firing, and all of the flags will be raised so that the colorations 50 will be out of sight, ready to be dropped into view when the targets 41, associated therewith are struck by the fired balls.

"With particular reference to Figs. 3, 8, 11, 12 and 14 it will be observed that there is a second T-bar provided in the rear of the targets comprising the vertical member 70 and a cross bar 71 rigidly secured to the upper end thereof. The vertical member 70 is provided with spaced slots 72 and 73 adapted to slidingly engage the pins 74"and 75 carried by spacing posts such as 76 (see Fig. 12) whereby the vertical member 70 maintained in parallel relation with the target plate 30 in such manner. that ;.the operation thereof will not interfere with the clOSS bars 37 and 58 and the member 61 of the other T-bar 60. Any suitable means such as the cotter pins 77 may be employed to hold the member 70 against the shoulder formed by the spacing posts 76 all as will be readily understood. The head 71 is provided with a plurality of elongated apertures such as 80 in registry with and slidably cooperatin with the upper posts 55 of any dcsire number of target flags. That is to say, the head member 71 is shown in Fig. 3 as being of sufiicient length to coact with the upper pins 55 associated with three of thehead member 71 may be of'any desired length 'to' coact with a greater or lesser number of these flags.

Each elongated opening 80 in the cross head 71, will prevent the flag slide 44 asso-' ciated therewith from moving downwardly in its guides a distance sufiicient to disclose the entire coloration of the flag through an opening 32 in thetarget plate 30 thereby making it possible to have indications of struck targets which are variable. In other words, when the target 41 is struck there will be a full indication thereof whereas when either of targets 84, 85 or 86 are struck there will be only a partial indication, and when all of said last mentioned targets are struck the partial indications thereof will be changed to full indications. That is to say, it is highly desirable to indicate when a target has been struck but it is more highly desirable to make the obtaining of a medal diiiicult. Therefore the variable indications are provided to make known those targets which have been struck andyet control the dispensation of ainedal in accordance with a predetermined handicap. In the drawings, Figs..3 and 10 show a disposition of parts whereby the cross head 71 is adapted to control the flags of the targets just mentioned,

two of said flags having been partially low-,

ered into view as indicated by the numerals 81 and 82 while the, third still remainsin its uppermost position as indicated at 83. This is an indication that the operator of the device has been successful in striking the particular targets such as 84 and 85 with the fired balls. If the operator of the device is further successful in striking the target indicated by the numeral 86 associated with the. flag 83 which is controlled by the cross head .7 1,then this amusement device is adapted to discharge a marksmanship medal.

v Stated in still other words, and as before stated, the larger of the targets are more easily hit "by fired balls than are the smaller targets and therefore this device is intended to-reward the skill of the operator thereof should he lee fortunate enough to hit a predetermined number of the smaller tarets. y

Since the mechanism for dispensing the marksmanship medals, presently to be described, is only operated when the T-bar 70 moves downwardly, it will be obvious that a medal will not be discharged so long as one of the pins '55 associated with the T- bar 70 is in its uppermost position. That is to say, the'T-bar 70 is supported by these pins 55 which are rigid with the slidable members 44 carrying the flags 33 and which are adapted to be retained in their uppermost positions by the pin 42 on each target spring member 39. upon which said members 44 are adapted to normally rest, see Fig. 11. Upon the striking of targets associated with those ment to the discharge trough 98.

pins 55 which support the T-bar 70, the pin 55 of each struck target will move downwardly in its elongated aperture 80' in the cross head 71 due to the action of gravity plus the action of a spring 54, but not through a distance sufiicient to permit the dropped pin 55 from resting on the cross bar 58 which is adapted to limit the lowermost position that said pin can assume and as heretofore described. Consequently all of the targets associated with the pins 55 supporting the- T-bar 70 must be struck to permit the downward movement of said T-bar, and the discharge of a medal. -When this occurs all of the dropped pins come in resting contact of said medals the lower end of which has 35 associated therewith a slide 91 provided with an aperture 92 of sufficient size to permit the reception of one of said medals such as indicated by the numeral 93, see Figs. 6, 7

and 9. The slide 91 is of substantially the same thickness as a medaland the aperture 92 thereof is so disposed in said slide that there will be provided an imperforate portion 94 adapted at times to be disposed beneath the stack of medals in the magazine 90. 95

That is to say, when the slide is intermittently actuated, as presently to e disclosed, it is first in the position shown 'n Fig. 6 with the aperture'92 in concentric relation'with the stack of medals. In this disposition of parts the lowermost of the medals will lie in said aperture 92, it being of course understood that the slide 91 has therebeneath' a suitable support 95, secured to the cabinet 1, having an impe'rforate portion 96 immediately below the magazine 90 and a perforation or opening 97 adjacent the imperforate portion through which a medal may fall. Upon the next actuation "of the slide 91, the same will be moved toward the right as seen in Figs. 6 and 7 assuming the position shown in the latter figure, whereupon the medal lying'in the aperture 92 .of said slide will be moved in a horizontal plane out of the lvertical pile of medals and over the opening 97 in the bracket95 through which it will fall into a trough 98 leading to a deliverycup 99 outside the cabinet 1 and from which said medal-may be obtained by the operator of the device. Upon the next 320 actuation of the slide in the'opposite direction, the aperture92'thereof will be made to assume a position under the magazine 90 so that the lowermost of the medals therein will drop into said aperture for subsequent move-" The slide 91 is provided with an upturned portion or lug 100 constituting a stop for the slide when it comes in contact with the base of the magazine 90 and which is so pos1- ggcsasop tioned as to insure the registry of theaper-v ture 92 of said slide with the medals in said magazine. One side edge portion of the slide is extended-as at 101 and has its end upturned or otherwise provided with a post 102 adapted to receive one end of a coil spring 103, the other end of which is suitably secured to the cabinet 1 in any suitable manner as by the employment of a post 104, said spring adapted to move the slide 91 in its guides 105 to bring a medal into position for discharge into the trough 98. The other side portion of the slide 91 is also extended as at 107 and is provided in the extreme outer end portion thereof with a notch 108 adapted to coact with the toe 109 of a locking bar 110 provided with slots 111 and 112 slidably engaging pins 113 and 114 respectively, rigidly secured to the bracket 95. Near the end of the bar 110 opposite the toe 109 and in one lateral edge thereof there is provided an opening 115 adapted to receive the lowermost endof the vertical member of the T-bar 7 0. This end portion of the T-bar, as clearly illustrated in Figs. 3 and 8, is reduced in width and is so deformed as to provide a cam 120. When the T-bar 70 is moved into its raised position, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the cam 120 thereof will force the slidable locking bar 110 toward the medal slide 91 and the toe 109 of said locking bar will engage the notch 108 of said slide, thereby preventing the. spring 103 from moving said slide to dis ense a medal. When the T-bar is moved. 1nto its lowered position, as shown in Figs. 5 and 8, the cam 120 will cause a movement of the locking bar 110 away from the medal discharging slide 91, thus withdrawing the toe 109 from the notch 108 and permitting the spring 103 to move the-slide 91 to discharge its medal, a

stop pin 124 in the bracket 95 being provided.

for limiting the movement of the slide 91 in this direction.

.As previously described the targets are reset when the actuating rod 12 is moved in a direction away from the pistol 10 after the insertion of each coin to unlock the pistol mechanism, said setting of the targets being accomplished by the cam surface 19 contacting with and causing the upward movement of the T-bar 60. When the actuating rod 12 moves to accomplish this result, the free end of the plate 16 associated with said .rod 12 comes in contact with the upturned lug 100 of the medal slide 91 and in the continued movement of said plate 16 causes the slide 91 to-move in under the medal magazine 90 to cause the aperture 92 in said slide to receive the lowermost medal in said magazine. When this movement of the slide 91 is com- .pleted, the notch 108 associated therewith moves the T-bar 60 upwardly, all the pins 55 associated with the flag members 44 which are in down position will be moved upwardly due to their contacting position with the crosshead 61 of said T-bar 60.

If, for the previously inserted coin, the special targets or those such as indicated in Figs. 10 by the numerals 84, 85 and 86 have not been hit and therefore caused a medal to be dispensed from the device, then the slide member 91 will have remained in the position shown in Fig. 4 or in other words, it will have remained locked as by the bar 110. On the other hand, if a medal has been dispensed, then the targets 84, 85 and 86 will have been struck and the flags 81, 82 and 83 will all be in down position and fully visible, and also the pins 55 associated therewith will like-v wise be down and in supporting contact with the upper edge portion of the cross bar 58. In this latter case uponthe upward movement of the T-bar 60 by the actuating rod 12," all of the pins of the special targets (controlling the dispensing of the medals) being down, will be moved upwardly when the cross head 61 of said T-bar 60 comes in contact with said pins.

In this movement said pins 55 will travel the length of the elongated slots 80 in the cross head 71 of the T-bar 70 without producing any action upon said ,T-bar, but said slots are of such a short length as to cause the T-bar 70 to be raised upon the continued upward movement of said pins 55. This results, of course, in the moving of the "cam, 120 carried at the lower extremity of the T-bar 70 with a consequent sliding movement of the locking bar 110 from its position' shown in Fig. 5 to its position shown in Fig. 4. While the locking bar 110 is thus moving, the medal dispensing slide 91 is being moved in a direction toward the magazine 90, and the parts are so dimensioned that the toe 109 of the locking bar 110 will enter the notch 108 of the slide 91 when said notch reaches a position in the line of travel of said locking bar. This locking of the slide 91 is automatically accomplished, it will be seen, by the movement of the plate 16.

The simplicity of construction and the possible interchangeability of parts is to be noted; In other words, a device of this character'might be installed in a locality where it would be used by persons not having a high degree of skill in target shooting with a pistol with the result that it would be highly difiicult for them to hit the targets controlling the dispensing of medals or trade tokens. If this were the case it might be desirable to reduce the handicap placed on,

the persons operating the device, or in other words, it would be desirable to diminish the degree of skill required in the obtaining of the marksmanship medal or token. In the drawings illustrating this device, the three smallest targets have been shown associated with the medal releasing mechanism thus requiring the hitting of all three small targets sary to remove the T-bar 70 and to replace it with another T-bar having a cross head adapted, for instance, to coact with but two of the smaller targets. Or, if occasion ne- 'cessitates, a T-bar coacting with but one of vthe smaller targets may be substituted; and

still again a T-bar may be provided for coacting relationship with only the larger of the targets. In fact T-bars will be made to be substituted as occasion demands for the one shown in Fig. 3 adapted to coact with any and all combinations. of targets. No matter, however, which T-bar will be used, each will be ca able of substitution for the one illustrated in Fig. 3 and the lower end of each T-bar will be made exactly similar to the construction of that shown in the drawings so that each T-bar will coact with the locking bar 110 without the necessity of providing a different locking bar or a vertical member with a different cam. Further it is to be observed that all of the targets are ofthe same size and therefore are interchangeable, and that all of the flag members 44 are of the same size thus making for in terchangeability as well as cheapness of production. All of the springs 54 are of the same size and here againis incorporated a feature greatly reducing the-cost of manufacture. The several bars and other structural elements may be made from sheet material of the same thickness and this additionally reduces the cost of production in that the parts can be readily stamped from said material by suitable machinery.

From the foregoing disclosure it will thus readily be seen that by this improved construction there is provided a coin controlled means for successively firing a predetermined number of balls which is the istol 10, in combination with a plurality o tar gets 41 toward which said balls may be fired. Further means comprising the flags 33 are provlded for visibly indicating, through the "apertures 32, the targets hit by said fired balls, as well as common means comprising the actuating rod 12, the cam 19 associated therewith, coacting with the pistol 10,- all forsimultaneously setting-the targets, actuating a coin counting mechanism, and actuating the means for dispensing a marksman ship medal.

It is obvious that those skilled in the art may vary the details of construction as well as the combinations of parts within the scope of this invention vwithout departing from the s thereof, therefore it is not desired to llmited to the foregoing disclosure except as may be required by the claims.

What is claimed is 1. In an amusement device of the character described the combination of means for successively firing .a predetermined number of balls; a plurality of targets toward whlch said balls may be fired; and slidable means 1Lfjor visibly indicating the targets hit by said alls.

2. In an amusement device of the character described the combination of means for successively firing a predetermined number of balls; a plurality of targets toward which said balls may be fired; and slidable means supported by said target for visibly indicating the targets hit by said balls.

3. In an amusement device of the character described the combination of means for successively firing a predetermined number of balls; a plurality of targets toward which said balls may be fired; and vertically slidable means for visibly indicating the targets hit by said balls; said means normally supported by said targets but adapted to drop under the action of gravity when said targets are moved from thereunder upon being hit.

4. In an amusement device of the character described the combination of means for successively firing a predetermined number of balls; a plurality of targets toward which said balls may be fired; slidable means for visibly indicating the targets hit by said" balls; and slidable means actuated by said 10') indicating means to dispense a medal when certain of said targets are struck.

5. In an amusement device of the character described the combination of means for successively firing a predetermined number 105 of balls; a plurallty of targets toward which said balls may be fired; slidable s ring tensioned means provided with a pin or visibly indicating the targets hit by said balls; slidable means actuated by said pins to dispense a medal when certain of said targets are struck; and common means for setting said targets and dispensing means.

6. In an amusement device of the character described the combination of means for successively firing a predetermined number of balls; a plurality of targets toward which when certain of said tar ets are struck.

9. In an amusement evice of the character described the combination of means for successively firing a predetermined number of balls; a plurality of targets toward which said balls may be fired; slidable means supported by said targets in the plane thereof for visibly indicating the targets hit by said balls; and means for dispensing a medal when certain of said targets are struck.

10. In an amusement device of the character described the combination of means for successively firing a predetermined number of balls; a plurality of targets toward which said balls may be fired; slidable means one for each tar et and normally supported thereby for visibly indicating the targets hit by said balls; and means for dispensing a medal when certain of said targets are struck.

11. In an amusement device of the char-v acter described the combination of means for successively firing a predetermined number of balls; a plurality of tar ets toward which said balls may be fired; s 'dable means for visibly indicating the targets'hit by said balls; and means actuated by said indicatin means for dispensing a medal when cermm of said targets arestruck.

' 12. In an amusement device of the character described the combination of means for successively firing a predetermined number of balls; a plurality. of targets toward which said ballsmay be fired; slidable means for Y visibly indicating the targets'hit by said balls; and means including a cam actuated by said indicating means and controlling a locking bar for dispensing a medal when certain of said targets are struck.

13. In 'a device of the character described the combination of means to fire balls; target members rigidly supported at one end toward which said balls may be fired; and means for variably indicating the targets hit.

14. In a device of the character described the combination of means to fire balls;

spring target members rigidly supported at one end but free to move at the other end and toward which said balls may be fired;

and means for variably indicating the targets hit.

15. In a device of the character described the combination of means to fire balls; a plurality of spring target members each rigldly supported at one end but free to move at the other end and toward which said balls may be fired; and means coactingwith the free ends of said members for varlably indicating visibly the targets hit.

16. In a device of the character described .the combination of means to fire balls; a plurality of spring target members-each rigidly supported at one end but free to move at the other end and toward which said balls may be fired; and means released by the moving free ends of saidmembers for variably indicating the targets hit.

17. In a device of the character described the combination of means for successively firing 'a number of balls; a plurality of targets toward which said balls may be fired; a I

spring support for each target provided with an end adapted to move when said target is hit by a ball; slidable means .for visibly indicating a hit target; and a connection between two of said indicating means cooperating with a dispensing means whereby both targets associated with said indicating means must be hit to actuate said dispensing means.

18. In a device of the character described the combination of means for successively firing a number of balls; a pluralit of targets toward which said balls may lie fired; a spring support for each target provided with an end adapted to move when said target is hit by a ball; slidable means controlled by said movable end for visibily indicating a hit target; and a connection between two of said indicating means cooperating with a dispensing means whereby both targets associated with said indicating" means must be hit to actuate said dispensing means.

19. In a device of the character described the combination of means for successively firing a number of balls; a plurality of targets toward which said ballsmay be fired; a spring support for each target provided with an end adapted to move when said target. is hit by a ball; slidable means forvisibly indicating a hit target; arid a slotted connection between two of said indicating means adapted to permit limited movement of either of said means but full movement of both of said means when their associated targets are struck, said connection controlling a dispensing means.

' In testimony whereof I aflix my signature. 

